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Daikin keeps cool at Norway’s largest data centre
NORWAY: Daikin has supplied 71 EWFH-TZ D air-cooled free-cooling chillers, 330 fan array units, and eight control systems for Norway’s largest data centre in Hamar. …
Incorrect pressure testing caused heat pump explosion
POLAND: Investigators looking into the fatal domestic heat pump explosion in Chrząstowice in August, have revealed that the cause was the failure to use a non-reactive gas during pressure testing….
Kelvion accused of “betrayal” as Fareham plant closes
UK: The Unite union has accused Kelvion of a betrayal of its UK workers after the German heat exchanger manufacturer ceased production at its Fareham factory last week….
CCC backs alignment with Euro F-gas regs
UK: The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has advised that the UK government should consider regulatory alignment with the EU in its efforts to replace F-gases with lower-emission alternatives….
Midea merges Clivet and Arbonia businesses
ITALY/SWITZERLAND: Midea has created a new company, MBT Climate, through the merger of its Italian Clivet air conditioning business and the newly acquired climate division of Arbonia….
Significant price rise for higher GWP refrigerants
EUROPE: Significant price increases of around 20% were witnessed in high GWP refrigerants in the final quarter of 2024, compared to 2023….
Sweet success for GEA pentane heat pump
GERMANY: GEA has installed a new high-temperature heat pump using pentane refrigerant (R601) for a Belgian sugar producer….
European heat pump sales down 23% in 2024
BELGIUM: The European heat pump sector has declared itself down but far from out after sales figures show an average 23% drop in 2024….
PFAS impact discussions March on
FINLAND: The dates and agendas for the evaluations of the impact of fluorinated gases under proposed new European PFAS restrictions have now been published by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)….
Güntner factory to be built in Dubai
GERMANY/UAE: Allied Heat Exchange AG (A-HEAT) is to build a 37,000m2 heat exchanger production facility for its German subsidiary brand, Güntner, in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA)….